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Provisional list of the Birds of Ngong Forest Sanctuary
The birds of Ngong Forest Sanctuary include birds characteristic of the indigenous dry evergreen forest of Nairobi, birds of the surrounding grasslands and gardens, and waterbirds flying over or seen at the dams of the Racecourse. This checklist is arranged according to the Check-list of the Birds of Kenya, EANHS, 3rd edition, 1996. It is based on the 1982 - 2002 records of the Wednesday Morning Birdwalks of Nature Kenya. List compiled by Fleur Ng’weno, Biodiversity Parks Project of Nature Kenya, with thanks to the Whitley Award Foundation.
Please send additional records to Fleur Ng'weno
M = migrant from Europe/Asia
W = wetland birds, mainly at racecourse
X = rare; or old record GREBES
Little Grebe W
CORMORANTS
Great Cormorant W
Long-tailed Cormorant W
DARTERS
African Darter W
HERONS, EGRETS
Black-crowned Night Heron W
Cattle Egret W
Grey Heron W
Black-headed Heron W
HAMERKOP
Hamerkop W
STORKS
Black Stork WM
Marabou Stork W
Yellow-billed Stork W
IBISES
Sacred Ibis W
Hadada Ibis W
African Spoonbill W
DUCKS, GEESE
White-backed Duck W
Egyptian Goose W
African Black Duck W
Yellow-billed Duck W
BIRDS OF PREY
Black Kite
Egyptian Vulture X
African White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture X
African Harrier Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Great Sparrowhawk (Black Goshawk)
Lizard Buzzard X
Common (Steppe) Buzzard M
Augur Buzzard
African Fish Eagle W
Tawny Eagle X
Steppe Eagle M
Booted Eagle M
Ayres’ Hawk-Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
African Crowned Eagle
Lanner Falcon X
African Hobby X
PLOVERS
Three-banded Plover
Black-winged Plover X
SANDPIPERS
Wood Sandpiper M
Common Sandpiper M
PIGEONS, DOVES
African Green Pigeon
Tambourine Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Olive Pigeon X
Red-eyed Dove
Dusky Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove X
TURACOS
Hartlaub’s Turaco
CUCKOOS
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
OWLS
Barn Owl
African Wood Owl
SWIFTS
African Palm Swift
Eurasian Swift M
Nyanza Swift
Mottled Swift
Alpine Swift X
White-rumped Swift
Little Swift
MOUSEBIRDS
Speckled Mousebird
TROGONS
Narina Trogon
KINGFISHERS
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher X
Pied Kingfisher X
BEE-EATERS
Eurasian Bee-eater M
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
HOOPOE
Hoopoe
WOOD-HOOPOES
White-headed Wood-hoopoe X
HORNBILLS
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
BARBETS, TINKERBIRDS
Moustached Green Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
HONEYGUIDES
Scaly-throated Honeyguide X
Greater Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Eastern Honeybird
WOODPECKERS
Cardinal Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
LARKS
Rufous-naped Lark
SWALLOWS, MARTINS
Plain Martin
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn (Eurasian) Swallow M
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rock Martin
Black (Rough-wing) Saw-wing
WAGTAILS, PIPITS
African Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail MX
Mountain Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail M
Grassland Pipit
Tree Pipit M
Yellow-throated Longclaw
BULBULS, GREENBULS
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Slender-billed Greenbul
Cabanis’s (Placid) Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Common Bulbul
BABBBLERS
Northern Pied Babbler
THRUSHES, CHATS
White-starred Robin
Cape (Common) Robin-Chat
Rüppell’s Robin-Chat
Brown-backed Scrub Robin
Common Stonechat
Northern Wheatear M
Pied Wheatear M
Olive Thrush
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
Spotted Flycatcher M
African Dusky Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher X
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
Blackcap M
Willow Warbler M
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-(Black-) breasted Apalis
Grey Apalis
Black-headed Apalis X
Black-collared Apalis
Grey-capped Warbler
Red-faced Crombec
WHITE-EYES
Abyssinian (“Yellow”) White-eye
Montane (Kikuyu) White-eye
TITS
White-bellied Tit
MONARCH FLYCATCHERS
African Paradise Flycatcher
Chin-spot Batis
Black-throated Wattle-Eye
SHRIKES
Red-backed Shrike M
Red-tailed Shrike M
Common Fiscal
BUSH-SHRIKES
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-backed Puffback
CUCKOO-SHRIKES
Black Cuckoo-Shrike
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike
ORIOLES
Eurasian Golden Oriole M
Black-headed Oriole
CROWS
Pied Crow
STARLINGS
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Violet-backed Starling
SUNBIRDS
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
SPARROWS
Rufous Sparrow
Grey-headed Sparrow
WEAVERS & RELATIVES
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver
Baglafecht (Reichenow’s) Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver X
Red-billed Quelea
Cardinal Quelea X
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
WAXBILLS
Green-backed Twinspot X
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch X
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu
Purple Grenadier
Bronze Mannikin
Black & white (Rufous-bkd) Mannikin
INDIGOBIRDS, WHYDAHS
Village Indigobird
Pin-tailed Whydah
SEED-EATERS, CANARIES
African Citril
Brimstone Canary
Streaky (Serin) Seedeater
Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Reichenow’s Serin)
Thick-billed (Seedeater) Canary
BUNTINGS
Golden-breasted Bunting
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